St. Paul daily globe., 1887-08-21
Of Hostility to the Red River
Route to the Amer
lean Border.
An Injunction Issued, Which
is Treated With the Ut
most Contempt.
The Statement of Ives & Co. s
Assets and Liabilities
Issued at Last.

is wild with excitement to-day, as the
first official blow at the Red River Val
Ter road was struck by the Canadian
Pacific railroad emissaries, with full
cOgniZance and, it is believed, approval
of the Dominion government. Mr..
Aikens, on behalf of the company or its
agent, to-day applied for and obtained
an injunction against Premier Norquay,
commissioner of railways, DIR. Wilson,
minister of public works, and the differ
ent contractors of the road. The last
straw has been added to the peoples too
heavy load and the camePS back has
been broken. There is to-day scarcely
loyal man in the province who had
heard of the action. All would just
as soon fight now as not. The Dominion
government has alienated every friend
it had in the province, and at the
present time not a soul would obey any
mandate from Ottawa. The Canadian
Pacific railway have retained a large
staff of its best legal ability in the city,
and they worked at the case all last
night and continued working until this
morning. When court opened
EVERYTHING WAS IN SHAPE,
and shortly after 10 o'clock an applica-
ton was made in the equity
court on behalf of John Milne
Browning for an injunction to
restrain the contractors from crossing
two certain lots forty miles south of
here on the proposed line. The history
of the lots is that the Canadian Pacific
railway employed Browning a month
ago to purchase said lots for the purpose
of preventing the road going through.
RrnyyninO haS nnrcnnal intnrQct in
the matter, being paid emplOye of the
company, simply acting as medium.
The bill of complaint filed sets out that
the road is being constructed for juno
ton with an American system of rail-
ways and forming completing line from
the Northwest; that the line was located
across the lots in question some time
ago, stakes being put down; that de-
PENDANTS removed the stakes in the
night time, recently, for the purpose of
throwing plaintiff off the scent; that
the act authorizing the construction of
road was disallowed by the governor
general; that defendants have con-
structed grade on dnmp Within short
distance Of either side of the lots and
unless restrained will cross the lots
forthwith; that plaintiffs land will be
greatly damaged by such action; that
the construction of the road across the
same would be unauthorized and illegal.
Plaintiff therefore plays for an injunc-
ton restraining the construction of
dnmp, the laying rails, ties, etc. The
injunction was granted, and upon ap-
plicatiOn of defendants solicitor S40O
were placed in the judges hands for Sc
curity for costs.
NORQUAY HAS LEFT TOWN
on an indefinite mission, said to have
been to avoid service in connection with
the injunction, which the government
fully expected, and some legal men
think it will make considerable differ
ence. Hon. Mr.. Hamilton denies that
Mr.. NOrquay has gone to Ottawa to con-
fer with Sir John, and Hon. MIR. La Ri
Were wires from Montreal that he was
tween Mr.. NOrQuay and Sir John Mac
Donald On the subject, and had never
heard of any compromise being offered
by either party. He did not think
Mr.. NOrquay intended visiting OF
tawa. Stewart, the government en-
gineer, expressed the opinion that even
if the injunction was issued it would
not prevent operations being continued |
on the railway. The matter would prob |
ably be fought out in the courts, but the |
of the railway would be |
continued in the meantime, and its Ope-
ration would be commenced directly the |
rails were laid. 1t is stated about the |
city by those who should know that the |
government will pay no attention what |
ever to the injunction, but will 60 right |
ahead and build the road.
Later--It is now p. m., and word has |
just reached the city by government |
carrier and consequently positively cor
rect, that the contractors turned the |
whole force onto the lots early this |
and by dint of superhuman eff |
fort the entire grade has been con-
structed across the lots in question.
The messenger, whom have just seen,
says it was
A MEMORABLE SIGHT
see three hundred teams and twice as
many men working for dear life all day,
and just as he left for the city with the
Iidings, the men were levelling up the
lump. The government suspected the
action of the Canadian Pacific railway
md had warned the contractors who
we're ready. About O'Clock Strevel,
,he chief contractor, who was working
)n the dump was served with notice of
Injunction by telegraph. He looked at
he message quietly while, then
it in his fist and threw it con-
from him remarking, that
le guessed it could wait. The receipt of
he good tidings has caused great re-
oicing in the city, and the news is be-
ng eagerly discussed in clubs, on street
corners and in saloons. The populace
S thoroughly reckless and ready for any
So hot is the feeling here
m the question that great indignation is
against the legal men who
nave consented to work for the Cana
Hon Dooi & N ilxuox in, tho ooco